A practical comparison of build and test speed between C++ and Rust. Written by strager on 2023-01-05 Update (2023-01-07): bjorn3 found an issue with my Cranelift benchmarks. C++ is notorious for its slow build times. “My code's compiling” is a meme in the programming world, and C++ keeps this joke alive. “Compiling” by Randall Munroe, edited, CC BY-NC 2.5 Projects like Google Chromium take an hou